                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

 ADVANCE NOTICE OF INSPECTIONS; CONFIDENTIALITY OF TRADE SECRETS (§ 45.2-1151)

A. No person shall give advance notice of any mine inspection conducted under
the provisions of this title without authorization from the Director.

B. All information that is reported to or otherwise obtained by the Director or
his authorized representative in connection with any inspection or proceeding
under this title and that contains or might reveal a trade secret referred to in
18 U.S.C. &#xA7; 1905 shall be considered confidential for the purpose of that
section, except that such information may be disclosed to the Director or his
authorized representative concerned with carrying out any provision of this
title or any proceeding hereunder. In any such proceeding, the court or the
Director shall issue any order appropriate to protect the confidentiality of
trade secrets.

HISTORY: 1997, c. 390, § 45.1-161.292:57; 2021, Sp. Sess. I, c. 387.